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Jinul
Jinul was a Korean Buddhist monk of the Goryeo period who reformed Seon (Zen) Buddhism. He founded a community at Songgwangsa and taught that sudden awakening should be followed by gradual cultivation, joining meditation with doctrinal study. His teaching shaped the Jogye Order, the largest Buddhist order in Korea today.
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